SAMUT SAKHON: About 100 Malaysian youths helped in providing rehabilitation and cleaning assistance to more than 800 households in Zin Somboon housing estate in Thailand's central province of Samut Sakhon.
The youths, from Kuala Lumpur, had assisted those households by cleaning their houses since a large amount of garbage left in the area after the homes was inundated of about 1.5 metres of water, reported Thai News Agency on Monday.
Zin Somboon was the hardest hit area in the province. A kindergarten school became a temporary shelter for 437 victims when the flood first hit the housing estate on November 1.
As the area has dried, people began to return to their home.
Malaysian youths also donated food and other necessities to people living in the housing estate before returning to their country.
Earlier, they had assisted flood victims in Bangkok, Pathum Thani, Nakhon Pathom and Ayutthaya provinces, according to Thai News Agency.
First Army Region commander Lt. Gen. Udomdej Sritabutr led military officials, policemen, students and volunteers in cleaning and collecting garbage in Tawee Watana district on the outskirt of Bangkok after the area has dried.
The district was under deep floodwater for about two months. About 50 army trucks helped in taking away mountains of garbage left in the area. - Bernama
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